My rights as Hokage are unlimited

He can't tell, really can't tell.

It is very difficult to be a big name in an industrial country.

The fire country daimyo has always envied his ancestors.

Although they may not be as good as themselves in terms of actual ruling area, they only need to do one thing - to make the peasants half-dead.

But after entering the industrial society, everything changed.

It seemed that suddenly, the farmers who were only staring at the soil began to look up.

Pu Dai's retainers talk about loyalty, but they keep doing things that damage the reputation of the daimyo.

He is confused by the changes of the times, and what makes him feel powerless is that he seems unable to keep up with the changes of the times as he did when he was young.

Realizing how old I am is painful.

"But the accumulation of time and experience is not useless, at least..."

The daimyo muttered, and a reminder from the young attendant came from outside the tea room.

"Your Highness, His Excellency the Minister of Finance requests an audience."

"He seems to be pleading for Konoha."

The latter sentence is obviously redundant.

But the daimyo also knew that this was due to the standpoint of this young attendant—their family was originally a tobacco business.

Because of some reasons that are not easy to talk to outsiders, their family's business has been mediocre, and the head of their family has never taken it seriously.

Before the continuous war, the situation of their family was a bit bad, so when Konoha came to buy it, they easily sold the tobacco company with a low profit margin and exchanged for valuable cash flow.

But who would have thought that after Konoha owned those ordinary tobacco companies, they would miraculously turn losses into profits immediately...

It goes without saying how angry the Patriarch of their family was.

They were annoyed at their subordinates' deceit, and they were even more upset that Konoha had made profits that were supposed to be theirs—seeing other people making money was really more uncomfortable than losing money themselves.

But Konoha did things so beautifully that time, taking care of everything.The extra expenses that should have been not only maintained, but even doubled than before.

If you do it directly, it will be ugly on everyone's face.

And Konoha has nothing else, but there are as many ninjas who are not afraid of death.

If you really turn your face, it's really hard to say what those guys who are dying of poverty will do...

So they put up with it.

But at some point, they always say something redundant.

They also know that such words may not be able to change the status quo for a while, but after a long time... three people become tigers, and there will always be some effect.

It's a good thing daimyo doesn't trust anyone by nature.

When he was young, Daimyo's father once asked him a question.

You are a person sitting in a car and now your car is out of control.In front of you, there are two roads.One has only one person, and one has only five people.

No matter which path you choose, everyone on that path is doomed.

In other words, those on the other way will be saved.

At that time, the young daimyo could not give a perfect answer, because he realized that no matter who he chose to save, he would kill another group of people.

It seems that killing one person and saving five people will cause fewer crimes...

The daimyo finally chose to save five people.

He always remembers his father's disappointed eyes.

But now, he has also reached the age of being a grandfather. With the accumulation of experience, he finally knows what his father's real intentions were.

If I kill someone, they will accuse and scold me, and I will be judged morally.

If I kill five people, the remaining ones will be afraid of me, and I will be isolated.

But if I kill six people, no one will know that I have killed anyone, which means that I have not killed anyone, and I am still a famous name.

I'm a daimyo, why should I follow your rules?

The most important thing in the world is balance.

Let the Loyalists be neither too weak nor too strong.

Neither let the treacherous ones be too strong nor too weak.

Desire is like a rolling stone, always falling down from a high slope.Since he can't distinguish between the so-called traitors, let them all be on the same level.

Not long after, His Excellency the Minister of Finance came in.

"Your Highness!"

Although it was already modern, this seasoned retainer still knelt down and performed a very traditional audience etiquette.

"Well, here you come."

The daimyo smiled gently at the minister who was close to Konoha.

"Today's rain is very suitable for this tea."

The daimyo spoke to the Minister of Finance in the tone of a faint king.

He had known for a long time that the finance minister would come.

After all, since the Fifth Hokage came up, even those who hate him have to admit one thing, this Hokage is really bold.

Konoha almost defeated Yunyin and Yanyin before, although it was blocked by Mizukage in the end, but the trend of unity among ninjas finally appeared.

This is not what the names of the five major countries want to see.

So after some secret discussions, the daimyos have decided to secretly create a little trouble for their Ninja villages.

It may not be to really look good at Ninja Village, it's just a normal loyalty test.

It's like the boss of the company will let the employees do some outrageous things, and even ask them to give themselves red envelopes.

No matter what the hell is on their minds, they do, and that passes the test.

If not passed...

——The daimyo of the country of wind is an exception, because he has already cut the budget of Sand Hidden.If you put more pressure on the ninjas, the ghost knows what the ninjas will do.

The fire country daimyo didn't say anything on the surface, but he only needed to change his tone slightly, and those big shots who were waiting to see Konoha's joke would naturally take action.

Wudaimu is not a person who is stingy with money, so he will naturally invite lobbyists.

The military industry system and the Minister of Finance who have always been friends with Konoha are the best targets.

Very annoying.

But the daimyo still smiled and chatted with the important minister without revealing any flaws.

The daimyo wanted to talk to the important minister in a slow pace as usual, but the finance minister put his head on the ground firmly.

"Your Highness, what a disaster!"

"...Oh? What's so urgent? Get up quickly."

The daimyo is very curious about what the finance minister can do this time.

The way he jumped up and down when he helped Konoha sell war bonds last time was really funny.

Hearing this, the Minister of Finance quickly took out several newspapers and an official investigation report from his pocket.

The daimyo glanced around and found that these newspapers were all unknown tabloids.And this official survey report... Ah, I remembered, it was an official poll conducted a few days ago.

After all, it is an industrial country, even if it is just a show, some things have to be done.

Although rare, there are some upper-middle-class guys who espouse so-called straight-talking.

"This investigation report is... hmm?"

"The national dislike rate for Konoha has reached 91%?"

"how come!"

This time even the daimyo was shocked.

He knew earlier that many people were very unhappy with Konoha.And as the biggest partner of the military-industrial faction, it is normal for them to bear the anger of some common people.

But the disgust rate is over 90.00%, what's going on?

Are you pointing fingers? !

Is Konoha so unpopular now?

Or... is this what the silent majority really thinks?

Daimyo was really scared.

But he did not question the authenticity of this report, after all, no one would dare to lie about such a major issue.

Those so-called big men may not go to the office once in 100 years, and even if they do, they will not read any reports and will only sign at the end, but daimyo believes that they have no reason to deceive themselves in such a place.

"This……"

The daimyo looked at the finance minister speechlessly.

The chancellor, still looking funny, said loudly.

"Your Highness, I only have you as the sun in my heart!"

"Please believe me, I am absolutely loyal!"

"I don't know a single word about Konoha!"

This daimyo is willing to trust the minister.

After all, he is just greedy.

Hearing such fatal information suddenly, Daimyo was also flustered.If this matter is not handled properly, something serious will happen.

To put it bluntly, the Kingdom of Fire still needs Konoha to charge forward.

There will be a big war ten years later, this is something everyone knows.

The daimyo quickly calculated in his mind, and picked up those tabloids again.

Well, as expected of a tabloid, the content is indeed very violent.

The daimyo's eyes lingered on the tabloids for a while, and soon found what he wanted.

"Zhou Fangcheng, you bastard, you are not human! You scummed me and my daughter..."

"Public trial of Zhou Fangcheng!"

"Who will control this super lolita to Tianzhu!"

I knew that Zhou Fangcheng was not very well-groomed and had a bad reputation among some people, but seeing the tabloids criticizing Zhou Fangcheng at length, the daimyo was still a little scared.

But he didn't doubt it.

Because in this era, people are quite convinced of publications, and it has not yet reached the level where random people can talk nonsense with just a single mouth.

To a certain extent, tabloids are the ones that best meet the consensus of the people at the bottom.

Because the tabloids scolded Zhou Fangcheng so badly, the daimyo couldn't help but speak up for Zhou Fangcheng.

"Actually, it's not that bad, isn't it just that the girl I like is younger?"

"During the Warring States period, when a wealthy family named Maeda married his wife, wasn't she only 11 years old? They later gave birth to ten children for him, and they helped their husbands countless times, and they were considered to be the object of all the wives' efforts. ..."

The Minister of Finance and Konoha were very close before, so now they are in such a hurry to get rid of the relationship... It seems that the matter is really serious.

The Minister of Finance ignored this and yelled loudly.

"Your Highness! The situation in the Land of Fire is very critical now! Please issue an order to end Konoha and Fifth Hokage's perverse actions!"

"I risked my life today, and I want to end my mistakes at this moment!"

The daimyo thought for a while, and took a sip of tea leisurely.

"You guys, that's a bit too extreme."

"How can you treat the hero of our Fire Nation like this?"